“subject to paragraph (4), on the material date he has attained the age of 55, but not the age of 65;”;

(c)for paragraph 1(e)(ii), substitute–

“(ii)any periods of–

(a)superannuable membership (as defined in regulation 9 of the LGPS Regulations) and any increase in membership under regulation 13 of the Transitional Regulations;

(b)membership (as defined in regulation 7 of the Benefits Regulations) and any increase in total membership under regulation 12 of the Benefits Regulations,”; and

(d)after paragraph (3), insert–

“(4)In the case of a person who was a member of the occupational pension scheme constituted by the LGPS Regulations on 5th April 2006, paragraph (1)(d) applies as if “the age of 50” was substituted for “the age of 55”.”.

6. In regulation 8 (power to award credited period for compensation purposes)–

(a)in paragraph (1), after “regulation 51 of the LGPS Regulations” insert “or regulation 12 or 13 of the Benefits Regulations”;

(b)for paragraph (1)(c), substitute–

“(c)the aggregate of–

(i)his effective membership;

(ii)any periods which count as periods of superannuable membership (as defined in regulation 9 of the LGPS Regulations) and any increase in membership under regulation 13 of the Transitional Regulations (or, if he is an assumed member, would count or, as the case may be, would apply or be awarded apart from a relevant disqualification and on the relevant assumptions); and

(iii)any periods which count as periods of membership (as defined in regulation 7 of the Benefits Regulations) and any increase in total membership under regulation 12 of the Benefits Regulations (or, if he is an assumed member, would count or, as the case may be, would apply or be awarded apart from a relevant disqualification and on the relevant assumptions); or”; and

(c)in paragraph (7)(b)(i), for “of the” to the end substitute “of the LGPS Regulations or regulation 12 of the Benefits Regulations”.

7. In regulation 9 (lump sum compensation)–

(a)in paragraph (2)–

(i)in sub paragraph (a), after “regulation 25 of the LGPS Regulations (early retirement on redundancy, or in the interests of efficiency or on the cessation of a joint appointment)” insert “or regulation 19 of the Benefits Regulations (early leavers: business efficiency and redundancy)”;

(ii)in sub paragraph (b) omit from “and on the further assumption” to “they have done so”; and

(iii)for “equal to the amount” to the end, substitute “calculated by multiplying his final pay by the appropriate multiplier”; and

(a)he is entitled, on ceasing to hold his former employment, by virtue of regulation 25 of the LGPS Regulations (early retirement on redundancy, or in the interests of efficiency or on the cessation of a joint appointment) or regulation 19 of the Benefits Regulations (early leavers: business efficiency and redundancy); or

(b)but for a relevant disqualification, he would be so entitled on the relevant assumptions,

he is, from the day following the material date, entitled to receive annual compensation calculated by multiplying his final pay by the appropriate multiplier.

(3)The appropriate multiplier is–

”

9. In regulation 11 (limit on annual compensation where entitlement to occupational pension)–

(a)in paragraph (1)(c)(ii), after “regulation 25 of the LGPS Regulations” insert “or regulation 19 of the Benefits Regulations (early leavers: business efficiency and redundancy)”; and

10. In regulation 16(7) (reduction of annual compensation during new employment), at the end insert “or regulation 65 of the Administration Regulations (application of abatement policy to individual cases)”.

11. In regulation 17 (cessation of new employment)–

(a)in paragraph (3), after “Part II of the LGPS Regulations” insert “or regulation 6 of the Benefits Regulations (benefits)”; and

(b)for paragraph (4), substitute–

“(4)For the purposes of paragraph (1), the effective service of a person includes–

(a)reckonable service within the meaning of the LGPS Regulations which, but for this paragraph, would be excluded by virtue of regulation 8(4) of the LGPS Regulations (exclusion of periods in respect of which transfer values paid); and

(b)total membership within the meaning of the Benefits Regulations which, but for this paragraph, would be excluded by virtue of regulation 12(2) of the Administration Regulations (periods of membership).”.

12. In regulation 18(4) (reduction of annual compensation on cessation of new employment), for “regulations 19 and 53 of the LGPS Regulations” substitute “regulation 19 of the LGPS Regulations or regulation 8(5) of the Benefit Regulations”.

13. In regulation 20 (entitlement to surviving spouse’s or civil partner’s short-term and long term compensation)–

(a)in paragraph (1)(a), after “regulations 39 to 42 of the LGPS Regulations (surviving spouses' or civil partners' pensions)” insert “or regulations 24, 33 and 36 of the Benefits Regulations”; and

“(b)in a case where at the date of death the deceased was in a new employment in which he was a LGPS member, if that annual compensation were reduced in accordance with regulation 18 (reduction of annual compensation on cessation of new employment) on the assumption that the effective service referred to in regulation 18(5)(b)(ii) were the service which the deceased would have been entitled to count as–

(i)reckonable service on the relevant assumptions if at the date of death the deceased had been such a person as is mentioned in regulation 26(1) of the LGPS Regulations (ill-health); or

(ii)total membership on the relevant assumptions if he had been, at the time of his death, a person such as is mentioned in regulation 20 of the Benefits Regulations (early leavers: ill-health).”.

15. In regulation 24(1)(a) (entitlement to children’s long-term compensation), after “regulation 45 of the LGPS Regulations” insert “or a children’s pension under regulation 28, 34 or 37 of the Benefits Regulations”.

“(b)in a case where at the time of the deceased’s death, the deceased was in a new employment in which he was a LGPS member, if that annual compensation were reduced in accordance with regulation 18 (reduction of annual compensation on cessation of new employment), on the assumption that the effective service referred to in regulation 18(5)(b)(ii) were the service he would be entitled to count as–

(i)reckonable service on the relevant assumptions if he had been, at the time of his death, a person such as is mentioned in regulation 26(1) of the LGPS Regulations (ill-health); or

(ii)total membership on the relevant assumptions if he had been, at the time of his death, a person such as is mentioned in regulation 20 of the Benefits Regulations (early leavers: ill-health).”.

(b)for “regulation 51 of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1998(c)” substitute “regulation 51 of the LGPS Regulations or regulation 12 of the Benefits Regulations”.

21. In regulation 38(1)(b) (interpretation of Part V), after “by virtue of” insert “regulation 4 or 5 of the Administration Regulations,”.

22. In regulation 41(1) (allowances for pensioners)–

(a)for sub-paragraph (b) substitute–

“(b)on so ceasing regulation 39 does not apply, but he becomes entitled–

(i)under Part II of the LGPS Regulations to receive payments in respect of an annual retirement pension and regulation 22 of those Regulations (different relevant period for calculating pensionable remuneration where a material reduction has been certified) does not apply; or

(ii)under the Benefits Regulations to receive payments in respect of an annual retirement pension and regulation 43 of the Administration Regulations (permanent reductions in pay: certificates of protection of pension benefits) does not apply; and”; and

23. In regulation 44(4) and (5) (application of Part V in respect of injury or disease before commencement date), for “Benefits Regulations” substitute “Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) (Benefits) Regulations 1954 and 1955(6)”.

24. In regulation 45(3)(d) (meaning of “service” in Part VI)–

(a)after “regulation 6 of the LGPS Regulations (application for membership)” insert “or regulation 3 of the Administration Regulations (general eligibility for membership)”; and

(b)for “regulation 6(5) or 7 of those Regulations” substitute regulation 6(5) or 7 of the LGPS Regulations or regulations 10 or 11 of the Administration Regulations”.

25. In regulation 46(5) (death in service gratuities), after “regulations 20 to 22 of the LGPS Regulations” insert “or regulations 9 to 11 of the Benefit Regulations or regulation 43 of the Administration Regulations”.

26. After regulation 49 (schemes in connection with the exercise of powers) insert–

“PART VI(A)GRATUITIES AS RESPECTS EARLY LEAVERS ON GROUNDS OF ILL HEALTH

Interpretation

49A.In this Part the expressions–

(i)“employing authority”;

(ii)“total membership”; and

(iii)“pensionable pay”;

have the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Benefits Regulations.

Ill-health gratuity

49B.—(1)Where, in the case of an active member who has at least two years total membership, an employing authority–

(a)determines to terminate the member’s employment on the grounds of the member’s ill health or infirmity of mind or body; and

(b)does not determine, under regulation 20(1)(a) of the Benefits Regulations, to terminate the member’s local government employment on the grounds that the member’s ill health or infirmity of mind or body renders the member permanently incapable of discharging efficiently the duties of the member’s current employment,

the employing authority may make the member a discretionary grant (“an ill health gratuity”).

(2)An ill health gratuity may consist only of a lump sum calculated in accordance with paragraph (3).

(3)Subject to paragraph (4), the amount is an amount equal to one week’s pay for every whole year of employment with that employing authority.

(4)The amount of ill health gratuity may not exceed a sum equal to 30 weeks' pay.

(5)In this regulation, the amount of one week’s pay is the amount equal to the annual rate of the member’s pensionable pay on the day before the member’s employment is terminated divided by 52.”.

38A.—(1)This regulation applies where, in the opinion of the appropriate administering authority, it has incurred additional costs which should be recovered from an employing authority because of that employing authority’s level of performance in carrying out its functions under these Regulations or the Benefits Regulations.

(2)The administering authority may give written notice to the employing authority stating–

(b)the authority’s opinion that the employing authority’s contribution under regulation 38(1)(d) (payment by employing authorities to appropriate administering authorities) should include an amount specified in the notice in respect of the additional costs attributable to that authority’s level of performance;

(c)the basis on which the specific amount is calculated; and

(d)where the administering authority has prepared a pension administration strategy under regulation 60A (pension administration strategy), the provisions of the strategy which are relevant to the decision to give the notice and to the matters in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c).”.

33. After regulation 60 (exchange of information by authorities), insert–

“Pension administration strategy

60A.—(1)An administering authority may prepare a written statement of the authority’s policies in relation to such of the matters mentioned in paragraph (2) as it considers appropriate (“its pension administration strategy”) and, where it does so, paragraphs (3) to (7) apply.

(2)The matters are–

(a)procedures for liaison and communication with employing authorities in relation to which it is the administering authority (“its employing authorities”);

(b)the establishment of levels of performance which the administering authority and its employing authorities are expected to achieve in carrying out their Scheme functions by–

(i)the setting of performance targets;

(ii)the making of agreements about levels of performance and associated matters; or

(iii)such other means as the administering authority considers appropriate;

(c)procedures which aim to secure that the administering authority and its employing authorities comply with statutory requirements in respect of those functions and with any agreement about levels of performance;

(d)procedures for improving the communication by the administering authority and its employing authorities to each other of information relating to those functions;

(e)the circumstances in which the administering authority may consider giving written notice to any of its employing authorities under regulation 38A (additional costs arising from employing authority’s level of performance) on account of that authority’s unsatisfactory performance in carrying out its Scheme functions when measured against levels of performance established under sub-paragraph (b);

(i)the extent to which that authority and its employing authorities have achieved the levels of performance established under sub-paragraph (b); and

(ii)such other matters arising from its pension administration strategy as it considers appropriate; and

(g)such other matters as appear to the administering authority, after consulting its employing authorities and such other persons as it considers appropriate, to be suitable for inclusion in that strategy.

(3)An administering authority must–

(a)keep its pension administration strategy under review; and

(b)make such revisions as are appropriate following a material change in its policies in relation to any of the matters contained in the strategy.

(4)In preparing or reviewing and making revisions to its pension administration strategy, an administering authority must consult its employing authorities and such other persons as it considers appropriate.

(5)An administering authority must publish–

(a)its pension administration strategy; and

(b)where revisions are made to it, the strategy as revised.

(6)When an administering authority publishes its pension administration strategy, or that strategy as revised, it must send a copy of it to each of its employing authorities and to the Scottish Ministers.

(7)An administering authority and its employing authorities must have regard to the current version of any pension administration strategy when carrying out their Scheme functions.

(8)In this regulation references to the functions of an administering authority include, where applicable, its functions as an employing authority.”.

Amendment of the Local Government Pension Scheme Transitional Provisions (Scotland) Regulations 2008

34. In the Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2008(10)–

(a)in regulation 4(2) (membership accrued before 1st April 2009: rejoining deferred members), omit “within 12 months of becoming a member of the Scheme under paragraph (1)(b)”; and

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